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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (985,917 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Selective decoupling: phasing out domestic deployment of Chinese telecoms technology]( Arent Fox LLP Through an array of legislative and Administrative Measures, the government has made significant strides in recent years to limit, and perhaps end… [DOL Finalizes Rule Updating Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor for Retirement Plans]( Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued final regulations providing a new “notice and access” safe harbor (the “NOA Safe Harbor”) for retirement… [The Grubman Ransomware Attack and What It Means for the Cyber Risks That You May Face]( Venable LLP Last week, it was announced that eminent entertainment law firm Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks (Grubman) was the victim of a significant… [New York City state courts to soon allow the filing of new complaints]( New York Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer New York's state court system has been slowly opening back up, but it has yet to allow the filing of new "non-essential" cases. 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